...committed them to prison. Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and...their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered...

...things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men 244 and women. Then Simon himself believed also, and when...their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered...

...in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. For the Epistle. Acts viii. 14. WHEN the Apostles, which were at Jerusalem, heard...their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. The Gospel. St. John x. 1. T7ERILY, verily I say unto » you, He that entereth not by the door into...

...appears, that something more was wanting to confirm and make them perfect: for St. Luke informs us, that " when the Apostles, which " were at Jerusalem, heard...Jesus.) " Then laid they their hands on them, and they re" ceived the Holy Ghost*." If some additional ministration had not been necessary, for what reason...

...exhorted people to receive baptism, as the appointed means of obtaining the effusions of the Holy Ghost. "Now when the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...receive the Holy Ghost: for as yet he was fallen upon * See pp. 9—13. none of them: only they were baptized in .the name of the Lord Jesus. Then laid they...

...the faith. For proof of this as matter of fact, we may allege the following narrative of St. Luke: " When the Apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that...their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost *." On this passage it has been justly remarked:— " These converts had received all the benefits...

...paralysis- and lame persons, (verse 7.) Afterward the apostles visited Samaria, " who, when they were come, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost," verses 15-17. Here prayer was connected with imposition of hands. The reception of the Holy Ghost is...

...which could not have been received from any other quarter. " When Peter and John were come down, they prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." Without entering into controversy with other Churches, established upon other principles, let us rest...

...noticing the extreme deficiency of information respecting * This wonder-working passage is as follows : " Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard...hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost." Acts viii. 14 — 17. the history of religious opinions this author evinces, when he stigmatizes the...

...Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. But there was a certain man, called Simon, which before time in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people...their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. " And, when Simon saw that, through the laying on of the apostles' hands, the Holy Ghost was given,...